Facts play an important role in civil litigation. Facts are established by the Court in First Instance of the Netherlands Antilles or Aruba and by the Joint Court of Appeal of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, not by the Supreme Court.

Article 2:251(1) of the Netherlands Antilles Civil Code reads as follows: “A shareholder of registered shares, whose rights or interests are prejudiced to such an extent, by the conduct of the company or one or more co-shareholders, that a continuation of his shareholding cannot reasonably be required of him, may institute a claim against the company for withdrawal, demanding that his shares be acquired against payment in cash”.

Capital punishment for heinous crimes is possible in the Netherlands Antilles, but this section of the Penal Code has never been used in the more than fifty years of the country's existence, and it never will, once Parliament moves to strike it off the books next week.

THE HAGUE--The Dutch Second Chamber on Tuesday approved the first batch of laws for the BES islands Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and Saba. Party for Freedom PVV and the one-member Verdonk faction voted against. The same sex marriage, abortion, euthanasia amendments were approved as well. Christian Union (CU) and the reformed SGP party voted against.

DCSX will trade in listed securities before the end of the first quarter of 2010.
Outgoing Minister of Finance Ersilia de Lannooy (PNP) has granted Dutch Caribbean Securities Exchange N.V. (DCSX) the long-awaited stock exchange license.

... after signing agreement at Executive Council.
Yesterday afternoon, the court case with all parties involved in the strike of the Isla workers ended around 6 p.m., when Judge De Kort received the agreement signed between parties.

THE HAGUE--The Antilles dossier and the constitutional reform process for now are not "controversial" subjects in the Dutch Parliament's Second Chamber. This means that the legislation proposals to realise new constitutional relations will be handled under the current caretaker government.

THE HAGUE--Three Dutch Labour Party PvdA Members of Parliament (MPs) are seeking clarity on reports that US defence companies and possibly even the Pentagon use the Netherlands Antilles, Aruba and the Netherlands to evade taxes.